Angels 8, A’s 3

Nearly three months ago, the A’s outlasted the Angels 10-8 in a 19-inning epic at the Coliseum.

Since that marathon, which began April 29 and ended April 30, Oakland hadn’t allowed more than seven runs in a home game. That is, until the Angels’ 8-3 romp Thursday night.

The Angels tagged Dan Straily (6-4) and the Oakland bullpen for 12 hits, all but one of which were singles. Every member of the Angels’ starting lineup had at least one hit, except for Howie Kendrick.

Texas lost 2-0 to the Yankees on Thursday, so the A’s lead in the AL West remained at three games.

The Angels got on the board first. With two outs in the third, Albert Pujols singled up the middle to bring home J.B. Shuck from second.

Entering the fourth, C.J. Wilson owned a 14-2/3-inning scoreless streak against the A’s. It ended without a ball getting past the mound.

Yoenis Céspedes walked to lead off the fourth, then stole second. He moved to third on Nate Freiman’s comebacker and then scored on a wild pitch.

That wild pitch came with Young at the plate. He proceeded to double into the right-field corner. Norris followed by stinging a single to left. Third-base coach Mike Gallego took a risk by sending Young.

J.B. Shuck’s throw to the plate was a tad off line, and Young’s nifty slide enabled him to avoid the tag of catcher Hank Conger. Make it 2-1, Oakland.

The A’s lead didn’t last long, nor did Straily on the mound. The Angels rocked Straily for four runs in the fifth.

Mike Trout’s sacrifice fly tied the game. The Angels went in front on Josh Hamilton’s RBI single, which was followed by Mark Trumbo’s sizzling two-run double to left-center.

That ended the night for Straily, who allowed five runs on seven hits in 4-1/3 innings. In three July starts before Thursday, Straily had given up only three earned runs in 20-1/3 innings for a 1.33 ERA.

That included Straily’s seven-inning outing in Anaheim on Saturday night, when he gave up both of the Angels’ runs in a 2-0 loss to Wilson.

The Angels began the sixth with four consecutive singles off Jesse Chavez. Trout had the fourth, which made it 7-2 and sent to Chavez to the showers.

Pujols (3-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch) greeted Dan Otero with another RBI single and the Angels were up by a half-dozen.

Norris took Wilson deep to left in the bottom of the inning. Norris’ sixth HR of the season cut Oakland’s deficit to 8-3.

Wilson (11-6), who went 8-1/3 innings against the A’s on Saturday night, lasted seven innings Thursday. He gave up three runs on five hits in his 123-pitch outing. The left-hander has won seven of his past eight starts.

Just as Thursday night’s pitching matchup was a reprise from last weekend in Anaheim, Friday night’s matchup will be one as well. The A’s and Bartolo Colon handled the Angels and Jerome Williams 6-0 on Sunday.